Carpet-beater.



No. 880,531.- PATENTED MAR. s; 1908.

T. HOLT.

CARPET BEATBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1904.

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No. 880,531. PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

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THOMAS HOLT, OF TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE HOLT-LYOh COMPANY,OF- TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CARPET-BEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Apnlication filed May 3. 1904. Serial No. 206.192.

To all 1072 cm it may concern:

Be it known that I, TnouAs How, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of 'larrytown, Westchester county, New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Beaters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carpet heaters, and the objectof my invention is to provide an improved instrument constructed ofwire, bent in such a manner as to present a flat extended head, thewires separated and rigidly supported, thereby making an inexpensive andeffective carpet heater. 1 attain this object by means of the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan.Fig. 2 is a plan of one of the bended wires A. Fig. 3 is a plan of thebended wire B. Fig. 4 is a plan of the tie wire C. Fig. 5 is a plan of amodified form of my invention. Fig. 6 is a plan of another modified formof my invention. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section through the handle.Fig. 8 is detailed perspective view of the crossing of the wires in Fig.7 showing the kink.

Similar letters refer to similar throughout the several views.

In order to construct a carpet beater which shall be strong andflexible, and at the same time enduring and effective, and which may beput upon the market at a reasonable cost, I have invented one made ofwire, which may be bent in several different ways to form the head, asshown in the various forms of the accompanying drawings, each of whichshall present an extended portion preferably united at points ofintersection, making a firm and rigid head connected with a supple shankand handle.

I preferably bend a wire in the form shown at A Figs. 1 and 2, the twoportions, (1, of the wire, A, being arranged parallel to each other,after being bent and separated to form the head portion thereof. 1 forma second wire, as shown by B in Fig. 3, bent in substantially the samemanner and form as A, having parallel portions, 5, forming the shank.

I preferably cause the portions, B, A, to extend in opposite directionsfrom their respective shanks, a, b, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,forming the extreme beater ends. I then take the two wires, A and B, andplace them in connection with each other, in such parts a manner thatthe wire A shall extend toward one side and the wire B toward theopposite side, and so that one portion, a of the wire A shall extendover one portion 1) of the wire B, and another portion a of the wire Ashall extend under the portion 1) of the wire B, and the portion a? ofthe wire A extend over the portion 12 of the wire B. Thus the two wires,A and. B, are at their heads interwoven with each other; at the placesof intersection of the wires A and B, I may kink the wires, as at 6,respectively, see Figs. 6 and 8, for the purpose of maintaining apermanent place of contact. I then twist the shanks, a, b, of the wires,A and B, as shown at D,

E, below the twisted portion, D, near the head without being twisted,and near the end of the handleI preferably twist the wires as at F.

For the purpose of tying the wires, A and B, together I use a wire, O,as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. This wire, O, is bent at about mid waybetween its end, one portion thereof, 0, adjacent to the bent partpasses over the portion 7) of the wire B, and under the portion a of thewire A and under portion a of wire A. The other portion, 0, of the wire,O, adjacent to the bent part thereof passes over the wire, 0. under thewire I) and over the wire 6 The ends, '0 and c, are twisted around withthe wires, a, I). As thus ar ranged the portions, A and B, are heldfirmly in contact with each other, bound together by the tie, O, thewhole instrument making a durable flexible beater.

For the purpose of securing the handle, H, on the end of the wires Ipreferably construct one of the wires, 7), longer than the adjacentwire, a, and the other wire, 1), driving the handle, H, upon the saidprojecting wire, said projecting wire forcing an opening through thehandle. The other wires, (1, I), extend into the handle a shortdistance, the pro jecting wire bent over at its end and turned back intothe end of the handle, forming a loop, J, to prevent the handle fromcoming off or turning around. This construction of the handle, in whichthe ends of the wires, A, engage with the bottom of the opening in thehandle, H, see Fig. 7, prevents the handle from slipping up on to theshank, E, of the beater, while the projecting wire, I), passing throughtheend of the handle, H, and bent parallel with itself, with its enddriven preferably leaving a portion of the shank,

back into the end of the handle prevents the handle from turning andcoming ofi of the wires. The wires being twisted together within thehandle and a short distance above the handle adds strength to theportion of the beater most liable to strain.

I have shown in Fig. 5 the portions A and B fastened together withoutthe use of the tie piece, C, and the shanks of one portion of the wires,A and B, twisted at K, their lace of intersection.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A carpet beatercomprising a wire hava ing a shank portion and alooped portion;

2. A carpet beater comprising a wire having a shank portion and a loopedportion; said looped portion projecting to one side of the shankportion; a second wire formed in substantially the same form as thefirst men tioned wire; the looped portions crossing each other andextending in opposite directions; the shanks being united by twistingthe wires slightly below the loops; a handle secured to the end of theshank.

3. In a carpet heater having a shank constructed of wire; said wirestwisted near their ends and having one wire longer than the others; ahandle provided with a central 1ongitudinally extended. socket from oneend of the handle to nearly the opposite end. thereof; said twistedwires forming the shank portion of the beater placed in said socket insaid handle; the shorter ones engaging the bottom thereof; said longerwire extending through the bottom of said socket and back, parallel toitself into said handle to hold it in place, substantially as described.

4. A carpet beater comprising a wire provided with a looped portion anda shank por tion; said looped portion extending to one side of the shankportion; a second wire substantially in the same form as the firstmentioned wire; said wires being united together, the looped portionsextending in opposite directions and crossing each other; the shankportions adjacent to each other; a tie piece placed in connection withthe intersecting wires of said. looped portions, respectively, andtwisted around said shanks; said wires forming the shank, beingtwistedat their ends; a handle secured to the end of the said shank, on thetwisted portion thereof, but which twisted portion extends slightlyabove the handle, when in position, substantially as described.

Signed at Tarrytown, N. Y. this th day of April 1904.

THOMAS HOLT. Vitnesses:

NELsoN LYON, KATHERINE L. HART.

